From THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN B. Directions: Write a brief letter to the editor of a local newspaper that Dr. Peake might
have written, before the narrator tricked him, about the mesmerizer's show. Use at least
three of the words from the box.
•credulity
•implacable
•multifariously
•rapt
•gullible
•minutest
•nettled
•unassailable

Look at the following merriam-webster online dictionary entry for the word cleave: cleave verb \klev transitive verb 1. to divide by or as if by a cutting blow : split 2: to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views 3: to subject to chemical cleavage, a protein cleaved by an enzyme intransitive verb 1: to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly which definition is most likely intended in the following sentence? the axe was made of a metal strong enough to cleave even the strongest marble. o a. transitive definition 3 o b. intransitive definition 1 o c. transitive definition 1 o d. transitive definition 2

If one writes logically, he will prove his point. is this sentence correct or contains an unwarranted shift in person?

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile